Lôʼ Dᵉbar — H3810

Definition

locative proper noun

Lo-Debar, a place in Palestine

1. Lo-debar = "not a pasture"
2. a town in Manasseh in Gilead east of the Jordan

Usually translated as

Debir, Lodebar

Origin

or Lôw Dbar; (Samuel 9:4,5), or Lidbir; (Joshua 13:26), (probably rather Lôdᵉbar ); from H3808 and H1699; pastureless

• Derived from Lôʼ (H3808)
• Derived from Dôber (H1699)

Occurrences

Lôʼ Dᵉbar occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (3)

• 2 Samuel 9:4 — And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar (בְּל֥וֹ).
• 2 Samuel 9:5 — Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar (מִלּ֥וֹ).
• 2 Samuel 17:27 — And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar (מִלֹּ֣א), and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,